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GNU LESSER GENERAL PUBLIC 
LICENSE
Version 2.1, February 1999
Copyright (C) 1991, 1999 Free Software 
Foundation, Inc.
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 
02110-1301 USA
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute 
verbatim copies of this license document, but 
changing it is not allowed.
[This is the first released version of the Lesser 
GPL. It also counts as the successor of the 
GNU Library Public License, version 2, hence 
the version number 2.1.]
Preamble
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By contrast, the GNU General Public Licenses 
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share and change free software--to make sure 
the software is free for all its users.
This license, the Lesser General Public 
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particular case, based on the explanations 
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When we speak of free software, we are 
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We protect your rights with a two-step method: 
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Most GNU software, including some libraries, 
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designated libraries, and is quite different from 
the ordinary General Public License. We use 
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